"Outback Opal Hunters" Back on the Horse

1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:03,479 I'll admit - 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:04,599 I'm a bit on edge 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,199 about getting into it today. 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,439 I'm actually scared to get on it and have another go. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,719 This feels a bit spooky. 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,879 This is where I nearly died, so... 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,199 Yeah, right here where we're standing. So, um... 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,559 Yeah, I didn't know I was gonna make it back here ever again. 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,599 The end of last season I had a excavator hit me in the head. 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,399 Face got completely caved in. 11 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,999 I had skull fractures and had to have plastic surgery 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,679 and, yeah, it was a pretty traumatic experience. 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,439 So you'll be right, mate, getting back on the horse? 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,199 Yeah. Be laughing. 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,039 Hardest thing about doing anything is thinking about it. 16 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,999 If I can't get back on the dozer, um, 17 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,319 yeah, basically my career is over. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,359 Hey! Bud! 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,599 You've got this, man. Easy. 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:08,839 You'll be right. 22 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:17,639 I'm myself. I'll be honest. 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,399 I am absolutely myself. 24 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,399 Argh! 25 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,359 I can't get it right! 26 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,639 all over me! 27 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:41,039 Opal, mined in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth... 28 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,519 MINER: Christ! 29 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,319 Oh, no! 30 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,439 ..the Australian Outback. 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,639 We've had drought, floods, fire, plagues. 32 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,759 Whoa! 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,719 But the rewards have long outweighed the risks... 34 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,239 ROD MANNING: Out of the way! 35 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,079 ..until now. 36 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,239 24 hours of chaos. 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,639 Supermarket shelves have been stripped bare, 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,439 causing major shortages. 39 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,439 Families are sleeping in cars and makeshift campsites. 40 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,079 REPORTER: Global turmoil is sending shockwaves 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,679 through the heart of the opal industry. 42 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,679 We've got conflict around the world. 43 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,639 They always seem to drive the price on back to the consumer - 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,479 the little guy - and we're the little guy. 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,839 My food shop every day is like $250. 46 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,319 Oils, the diesel. 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,079 Everything that you need to opal mine, 48 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,919 it's starting to go through the roof. 49 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,719 Every time you see that puff of smoke, 50 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,679 it's $20 bills going p-too! 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,079 As precious opal bearing land diminishes... 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,359 You've got to put a lot of effort in just to throw 53 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,999 one handful of opal. 54 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,199 ..with a new wave of miners seeking their fortune... 55 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:50,279 ..only the toughest... 56 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,999 Oh! Hey, man. What the hell! 57 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,959 . ..and most resourceful... 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,399 Yeah, go on! Geezus! 59 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,599 ..will rise above the crowd. 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,319 I'm getting out of here. 61 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,679 Life's getting harder out here. 62 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,119 But it's getting harder by the minute. 63 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,119 Battling to unearth 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,839 one of nature's most stunning treasures... 65 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:12,039 Look at that! Oh, my god! 66 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,399 ..millions of years in the making. 67 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,079 Oh-hoh! Pickle me Grandmother Sam! 68 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,399 Mwah! 69 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,479 Oh, my god! Woh-ho-hoy! 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,279 Just burn me face off, why doesn't it! 71 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,599 I only just freaking got over the last episode! 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,399 Mark's blown a hose on the big blade on the dozer. 73 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,479 So have to go over there and have a look 74 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,599 and see if we can get it fixed this afternoon. 75 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,439 Definitely carry a lot of pressure these pipes. 76 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,959 You know, if they blow, it'll slice you clean in half. 77 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,159 Yeah, she's just pulled out. Yeah, totally. 78 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,279 Oh, yeah. 79 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,399 Nah, we're just trying to get the hose back on. 80 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,519 Trying to line it up straight. 81 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,519 You know, we don't want to cross thread it. 82 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,999 And hopefully we can, um, move some dirt today. 83 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,959 The Blacklighters' team leader Mark I'Anson 84 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,599 and mining partners Paul Coon and John Nassar... 85 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,519 If you're going to do it, do it right. 86 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,519 ..are back in Coober Pedy after a disastrous last season. 87 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,479 Well, we had a bit of a accident 88 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,519 and I sort of smacked Mark in the head with the excavator 89 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,079 and, yeah, might have broken his jaw. 90 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,439 Just tell Paul I love him. 91 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,119 I love those guys, man. 92 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,599 Mark will be put into the Royal Flying Doctor 93 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,319 and taken down to Adelaide to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. 94 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,999 We've got to get back on it. Family needs me. 95 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,599 This is it. This is the open cut. 96 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,479 A lot of mouths to feed 97 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,719 so it's pretty important that we don't around 98 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,359 and we get back on the opal, like we were last year. 99 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,839 After the accident, 100 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,639 just got no confidence. 101 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,239 Nah, not one bit of confidence. 102 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,799 Remember, I'm here behind ya - 100 percent. 103 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,719 I know you are and I'd be lost without you 104 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,799 but it's just...can't seem to shake this feeling, hey. 105 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,079 I just don't want to let anyone down, that's all. 106 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,599 You're just thinking about it too much. 107 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,879 You just get out there and... Get out there and do it. 108 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:22,959 ..get it done. 109 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,839 It's taken its toll on the kids as well. 110 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,639 They're quite concerned about us 111 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,119 going back to opal mining 112 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,639 and they think they might lose one of us. 113 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,599 Apparently if it was like this - it hit me here - 114 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,279 and if it had hit me here I would have been dead so... 115 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:37,799 It's a dangerous industry. 116 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,239 I've reconsidered whether I come back or not. 117 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,439 We're already off the pace. 118 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,239 We've got to find some opal straight away. 119 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,759 Everything we earnt last year we've already spent. 120 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:56,199 That's what powers the pump. 121 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,759 And away she goes. 122 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:00,999 I had a lot of extra time off. 123 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,239 We're really desperate to find some. 124 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,559 So we're gonna give it everything it's got. 125 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,919 Two claims going at once. 126 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,719 Our new claim at the Servo, there's a lot of ground there. 127 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,199 It's all virgin. 128 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,079 We're gonna move a massive amount of dirt to get opal. 129 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,479 So we want that gone, that. All of that come down into here. 130 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,759 Yeah. Right. 131 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:21,959 And then, honestly, just keep pushing it that way, 132 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,679 as far as you can. Yep. 133 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,999 Servo Claim is our big chance this year. 134 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,919 We're going to basically level it. 135 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,519 And every time we need money we turn to Opalzilla. 136 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,239 She's a screening plant. 137 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,279 JOHN NASSAR: Get the bucket of the dirt. 138 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,399 Go off to the hopper bin, dump it in there. 139 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,879 From there, it goes into the trommel 140 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,959 which sort of spins around 141 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,119 and knocks all the dust and crap off of it. 142 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,039 The shaker just shakes it and feeds it into the darkroom. 143 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,319 Opal fluoresces under the black light so... 144 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,679 It's a small bit. 145 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,199 You can sort of see it just sort of light up a bit. 146 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:56,839 Season target's 350. 147 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,759 And they used to have million dollar claims 148 00:06:58,840 --> 00:06:59,959 all the time out here. 149 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,559 So we want to absolutely destroy that target. 150 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,159 It looks alright. 151 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,519 We'll see how we go. 152 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,279 You'd have to say this is probably 153 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,039 one of the hottest, harshest environments in the world. 154 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,639 Like, the dirt just will suck any any bit of moisture out of you 155 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:18,879 it gets a chance. 156 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,239 So the bulldozer needs to drink. 157 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,359 She's thirsty man. 158 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,959 She overheats - we have to stop everything, you know? 159 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,679 You can't run with it overheating. 160 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,319 Hydrated. 161 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,399 Now the fun games begin. 162 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,399 I'm not as confident as I usually am. 163 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,359 Just hope I get my confidence back. 164 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,839 Family needs me. 165 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,359 Oi! What's going on here! 166 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,799 Hang on! 167 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,839 That could be a problem. 168 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,879 Yeah, it's bone dry. 169 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,599 Hold that. 170 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,159 Oh, we're out of power steering fluid. 171 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,479 So we can't steer. 172 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,119 Making a comeback on a dozer that you can't steer, uh-huh. 173 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,639 Nuh. Nuh. Not today, sunshine. 174 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,319 It's not like Les to be this late. 175 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:19,999 It's been over an hour. Yeah. 176 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,079 I'm a bit worried. 177 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,519 I think I better go up and see if he's at the camp. 178 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,759 I think so. Alright, mate. 179 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,319 It just worries me - at his age, living on his own 180 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,879 and he's busted just about every bone in his body. 181 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,919 A lot of the old blokes out here just drop off the perch 182 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,199 at home in their camp. 183 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,959 I've known four or five of 'em. 184 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,879 And I know Les is gonna go that way some day. 185 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,679 We've been mates an awful long time. 186 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,759 If something happens it's, you know, 187 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,039 I don't know how I'd react. 188 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,399 Here he is. 189 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,239 Really! 190 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:00,319 Forget about something? 191 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,039 You said come down and do this point this morning. 192 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,199 No, I didn't. 193 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,959 You didn't turn up for a cup of coffee 194 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,559 and you frightened the crap out of me - 195 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,799 thinking that you'd carked it at the kitchen table! 196 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,479 You wait, you old bugger. 197 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,799 Unbloody believable. 198 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,199 Don't you like me beard, Rod? No, I don't. 199 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,359 Not a lot, Les. 200 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,879 The old fella had a rush of blood one day 201 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,679 and went into town and got his beard dyed red and black. 202 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,199 He reckons that's the only red and black opal we've seen 203 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:35,319 for a fair while 204 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,279 and he's probably right there too but... 205 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,559 You're a bit old to be a punk rocker, aren't ya? 206 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,599 You're never too old, you know? That's what they say. 207 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,439 You know, every year, 208 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,999 trying to find the opal, it's getting scarcer and scarcer. 209 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:51,839 Last season, 210 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,879 the government trying to close us down. 211 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,359 Having our mine shut down really affected the team 212 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,439 because we weren't able to find opal 213 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,519 and, when we're not finding opal, we're not making money. 214 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,919 It's been a season like no other. 215 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,079 I came very very close to losing my camp. 216 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,039 Nothing really went real good for us, 217 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,199 at all. 218 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,639 That was text book for a, uh, big mine collapse. 219 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,119 I was gonna hang up me boots - can't even do that. 220 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,319 We tried to retire him and keep him out of the mine. 221 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,559 What's going on here? 222 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,279 What, can you smell it, you old ? 223 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,399 Yeah! 224 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,359 But, geez, it's bloody hard to keep him up there. 225 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,279 I thought you were supposed to be on the surface? 226 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,519 I'll get down slowly 227 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,999 but it's not gonna be something 228 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,239 that's gonna happen straight away. 229 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,999 Sam's been a really good addition to the crew. 230 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,439 She's third generation miner. 231 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,199 Growing up out at Grawin, 232 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:44,959 I've always been around opal mining. 233 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,119 There's pretty much light purple in the wall here. 234 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,199 I think I proved myself last season. 235 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,239 I've known the Bushmen for a long time. 236 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,639 You done well, mate. Good work. 237 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,759 Robbie's seems to be telling us . 238 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,119 Put one more drive in. 239 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,399 But if we don't find anything pretty quick we're out of here. 240 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,639 We're really stuck in a situation 241 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,359 where we've got the boundary on one side 242 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,319 and then we've got our old workings on the other side. 243 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,759 We need to shift claims but that's gonna cost us money, so... 244 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,239 Our season target this year is about a 150 grand we need. 245 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:21,399 So... 246 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,479 You know, it's one of those Catch-22's. 247 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:25,519 We need to find a little bit of opal here 248 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,239 so we can afford to leave here. 249 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,399 I might scrape a bit more with the digger, Sam... 250 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,599 Yeah. ..hey? 251 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,479 The thing with diggers is, I'm so far away from the face, 252 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,039 it's hard for me to see. 253 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,079 You've got to have a really good spotter, 254 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,639 understand how the person's thinking. 255 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,319 And, ah, Sam's fitted in just fine. 256 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,279 I am looking at black potch. Potch is opal. 257 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,239 It's just common opal with no colour in it. 258 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,759 It's a complete dream to be opal mining with Rod and Les 259 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,519 and learning from their experience. 260 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,959 It's extremely important that we find opal. 261 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,519 I've given up everything in the city to come out here. 262 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,079 I'm gonna go up a little bit higher 263 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,479 to try and get that bad roof. 264 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,559 Yeah. 265 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,159 It doesn't matter how hard it gets, 266 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,639 I'm still gonna be here opal mining 267 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,199 That's a bit thicker. 268 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,439 Looks pretty bloody good. 269 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,039 I tell you what but... 270 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,759 See where these faults are running down through here? 271 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:20,839 Yeah? 272 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,359 Just give it a bit of a sound on either side of that, 273 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,559 if you can reach. 274 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:27,679 And that's a bit hollow, idinit? 275 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,039 We've got a little bit of a problem with the roof here. 276 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,999 So when you hit and you hear that hollow sound, 277 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,119 it means that - somewhere up there - 278 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,359 there's a gap. 279 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,479 Oh! That's coming off. 280 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,959 You only need bit of roof to fall down, you know? 281 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,039 That kill ya. 282 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,399 So what I'm gonna do is I'll move back 283 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,479 and just try and prise it down. 284 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,959 A little bit might come down or a big bit might come down. 285 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,159 Out of the way! 286 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,319 Here we are, back again! 287 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,439 Good to find gems, mate. Oh, yeah. 288 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,399 Grawin Opal Fields, Outback New South Wales. 289 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,599 Since 1905, 290 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,679 fortune seekers have battled the treacherous landscape 291 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,439 in search of opal. 292 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,599 We were gauging colour 293 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:30,959 out from the face there, weren't we? 294 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,039 Yeah, we were. 295 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,119 That corner over there, Chris, right on that corner. 296 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,319 It was only thin but it could thicken up easy enough. 297 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,999 It could thicken up easy enough, that's right. 298 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,359 So we'll just dig at the face. Sounds like a plan. 299 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,719 The Cheals, Chris, son Rory and daughter Luca 300 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,399 have returned to their Turner's Rush claim, 301 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,959 with mining partner Mark Bressan. 302 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,679 If we do get on some colour there, mate, 303 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:54,959 we'll give you guys a call. 304 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,479 Oh, yeah. I'm happy with that. 305 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:58,039 Fuel up. Too easy. 306 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,519 Chris and I are going to be doing trenching and underground work 307 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,799 'cause we feel we get a bit more productivity out of it. 308 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:04,919 You right? 309 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,359 The partnership with Mark last year was, was awesome. 310 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,559 The hardest thing to find in the opal game 311 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:11,919 is a decent mining partner. 312 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,599 Welcome to Turner's. This is what we're looking for. 313 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,119 Is that black magic? 314 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,239 That's black magic, mate. Wow! 315 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,999 We felt that joining forces we'd be stronger 316 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,279 and it'd be more productive. 317 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,599 Chris and I, we just...we just click. 318 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,119 He's not just a mining partner or a business partner to me, 319 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,399 he's a mate. 320 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,439 We had a good year last year. 321 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,399 Dug out a million dollars. 322 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,039 Winners are grinners. That's it. 323 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,639 Cheers, guys. BOTH: Cheers. 324 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,919 A million dollars...it is, don't get me wrong, 325 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,199 it's a lot of money. 326 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,959 But we're using a lot of machinery. 327 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,879 We're not a big company, we're privateers. 328 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,279 We pay all the bills. 329 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,479 We pay for the breakdowns. 330 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,559 You blow a motor up in that Western Star over there, 331 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,679 you're probably look at 30 grand to rebuild the motor. 332 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,599 So there's pressure there, there's pressure all the time. 333 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,999 Ah, so what we want, Luca, is, um, 334 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,279 this hose to sort of loop around with this one. 335 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,079 The kids have made the decision to value add to the business 336 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,519 and, if something were to go wrong, 337 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,359 we'd lose five years' worth of work 338 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,399 and, you know, everything we've put in. 339 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,279 Pressure on the kids. 340 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,759 As the business grows, 341 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,239 they're, they're sort of getting pulled in two directions. 342 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,679 Not only are we working here to, you know, find the opal 343 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,879 we're also, um, working in Sydney. 344 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,119 Oscar's got an office there. 345 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,639 He's working hard all the time. 346 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,079 The business is growing so, so quickly. 347 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,159 CHRIS CHEAL: Wow! 348 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,999 New stones and designs. 349 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,839 Last year we hit the million-dollar target. 350 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,359 There's no guarantees we're gonna find that amount again 351 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,079 but if I can get close to it - or even, you know, half of that - 352 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,639 we're still winning. 353 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,599 I reckon if we do $500,000. 354 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,319 I'd be happy with 500. 355 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,839 It's not an easy game. 356 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,079 It's a gamble. 357 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,919 You can make a lot of money and you can set yourself up for life. 358 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,839 But I've seen plenty of people come here with money 359 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:51,919 and leave with nothing. 360 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,359 At the moment, we're just moving some dirt over 361 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,879 to start on some fresh ground. 362 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,279 It's very exciting. 363 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,839 It's been a long summer away from it all and, um, yeah 364 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,159 we're all eager to jump straight back into it 365 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,479 and find some opals, um... 366 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,479 It's still fairly warm out here but it is cool enough 367 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,559 for us to start. 368 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:14,719 The gear can handle this. 369 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,839 We've all got skin in the game now. 370 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,439 You know, obviously we want to do Dad proud 371 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,639 but this is our livelihood now as well. 372 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,719 No potch on that bit? 373 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,559 Yeah, there's all black potch all through there. 374 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:33,959 Hopefully there'll be somewhere along there 375 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,079 where the colour meets it 376 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,719 and that's where we make the big dollars. 377 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,359 95% of the world's precious opal 378 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,279 is buried in the Australian outback. 379 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,119 Millions of years ago, 380 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,479 an inland sea covered much of the country. 381 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,519 Over time, silica-rich water drained into cracks and fissures 382 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,759 in the earth, 383 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,679 eventually hardening to form opal. 384 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,439 Gee, it's a positive sign, anyway, 385 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,839 that there could be something around. 386 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,839 So we just keep diggin' here, 387 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,599 see if we can get a bit of colour. 388 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,999 I'll move those big chunks out of the way. 389 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,999 Righto. I'll swing around, mate. 390 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:24,759 Dropping hard there, mate. 391 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,279 We've been getting opal in around the hard stuff so you never know. 392 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:30,839 Yeah. Oh, that is...yeah. 393 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,919 It'll come out, though. 394 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,679 No more potch is there? Nuh. 395 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,039 Ah, not that I can see. 396 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,239 Seems like our trail's gone a little bit cold. 397 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,919 Yeah. Looks like it, dunnit? 398 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,879 Yeah. Well, the dozer at the moment you can't turn 399 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,359 'cause it's all run off the hydraulic pressure. 400 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,399 So, you know, you're pulling the lever down 401 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,119 to turn the right track 402 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,039 and, you know, there's nothing there. 403 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,919 At this stage, we're dead in the water. 404 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,719 If it doesn't turn, it's no good to us. 405 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,239 After a near-death accident last season, 406 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,799 Mark I'Anson is attempting to shift tonnes of dirt 407 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,079 from Servo claim, 408 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,599 with an unreliable 55-year-old bull dozer. 409 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,919 Ah, we're out of power steering fluid. 410 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,759 Keep pumping. Anything? 411 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,199 Maybe it needs more. 412 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,119 Still bit in there, though. As much as the other side. 413 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,679 Yeah? Yeah. 414 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,199 Well, that's not good then. 415 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,599 Pump it. 416 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:46,879 Stop. 417 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,119 It needs more. 418 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:52,999 Look. 419 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,599 Yeah. Got pressure all back. 420 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,919 Alright. Well, that just made me myself. 421 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,799 Gonna push as much dirt up the hill, 422 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,599 as much dirt down the hill. 423 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,199 The opal is under all this dirt, 424 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,479 about thirty foot below where we're sitting now. 425 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,479 So, this has all got to go! 426 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,919 I've got to make sure I get on top of this dozer stuff 427 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,439 and just do the best for my team and my family and me mates. 428 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,119 Yeah, little bit nervous for him. But, hey. He'll be right, hey? 429 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,519 It's like a duck to water. 430 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,639 I've just got to keep preparing the ground 431 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,719 and preparing the ground. 432 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:33,879 In the meantime, 433 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,639 Opalzilla's our best chance of making a payday this week - 434 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,839 without a doubt. 435 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,119 Opalzilla is the bread and butter of what we do. 436 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,439 The boys are off knocking the top off the claim, 437 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:46,519 getting rid of overburden. 438 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,119 So that's not gonna make us any money. 439 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,239 Pretty well need this going to bring in any cash in. 440 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,239 John is processing the waste dirt from nearby claims... 441 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,079 We had some pretty good luck with this dump here 442 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,359 that we've been putting through. 443 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,999 ..searching for opal overlooked by old time miners. 444 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,719 We're just hoping that they've missed a few chunks for us. 445 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,599 Yeah, hopefully we'll get something out of Opalzilla 446 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,279 and we all get paid at the end of the week. 447 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,799 But look at it. 448 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,559 Well, there was a world outside. Now it's all dust. 449 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,919 It's the desert sunscreen. 450 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,159 At the moment, 451 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,839 the wind's just going the wrong way for us so... 452 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,119 Yeah, it's a bit of a pain in the arse. 453 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,199 When I was loading it before, I just had a full white out. 454 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,039 That's bad. 455 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,719 Probably be 20 buckets for the day - 456 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:38,799 which is better than nothing 457 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,079 but you should be doing probably 150, 200 buckets before lunch. 458 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,919 At the moment, that's all we've got 459 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,999 so we'll just have to do what we can do. 460 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,439 Normal rocks that you don't really want to play with 461 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,039 just come through looking dull. 462 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:58,119 And opal fluoresces under the black light. 463 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,679 It just gives a whitish greenish sort of glow. 464 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,079 But, I mean, you don't know it's colour until you give it a wash. 465 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,239 Oh, a little bit of opal. 466 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,679 Another few bits coming through now. 467 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,119 Oh, hang on. 468 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,599 What's going on here? 469 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,079 It doesn't normally stop like that. 470 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,839 Just see what the hell's going on. 471 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,279 Kind of seems like we've just got to persevere 472 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:28,639 through this hard stuff. 473 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,039 Alright. 474 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,559 Opal mining's not easy. 475 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,119 Big machinery - there's big costs, too, involved. 476 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,799 You really just sort of need to, to find opal. 477 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,119 At Turners Rush claim, 478 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,879 the Cheals are excavating tonnes of rock 479 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,919 to process at their wash plant. 480 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,519 This is our agitator. 481 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,959 Call it a wash plant. 482 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,199 This washes the clay away from the opal. 483 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,719 So, you know, that comes up the conveyor here, 484 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,879 into the barrel 485 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,639 and wears away...wears all the dirt away from around the opal. 486 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,799 Washing it is our biggest bottleneck 487 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,719 and, um, and it's really holding us up. 488 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,279 The more agitators we've got, the more opal we're gonna find. 489 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,239 Luca, do you want to grab that drill 490 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,319 and see if you can get a couple of these top ones. 491 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,679 Chris is busting his nuts, at the moment, 492 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,519 fixing this other agitator 493 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,839 so we can have the two machines rolling this year. 494 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,999 The barrel's pretty thin. 495 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,439 If we were washing soft dirt, 496 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,879 I wouldn't worry about it but our dirt's really hard. 497 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,879 So it's gonna wear the barrel out really quickly. 498 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,759 So what we do is we put a coating of concrete 499 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,399 right around the barrel. 500 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,199 All hands on deck and we're all spreading ourselves a bit thin. 501 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,279 You've got a heap behind this line here. 502 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:45,399 Oh. yeah. 503 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:46,559 Barrel's all dirty and rusty 504 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,719 and so Luca's gonna ruck some concrete out, 505 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,559 that's been in there for years. 506 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,559 You want a good clean surface... 507 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,959 ..and you want good ventilation and a dust mask. 508 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,439 You know, you want to extract that dust out. 509 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,439 You don't want it filling your lungs - 510 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,279 it'll cost you later on in life. 511 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,159 That makes it easier. Oh, nice. 512 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,119 The boys and Luca have got a great work ethic 513 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,519 and I'm proud of them. 514 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,639 You're a machine! 515 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,839 Luca's studying visual arts at university in Sydney... 516 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,879 ..and I think it's a good fit for the business. 517 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,399 Trying to balance doing that, helping out the family business, 518 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,159 it can get a bit much sometimes. 519 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,639 No reception, no wi-fi. 520 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,559 So, when Dad needs me, he just bangs on the agi 521 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,119 and I'll, um, hear him and come over and give him a hand. 522 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,159 Oh, Luca! 523 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:51,439 She comes. 524 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,199 As I've kind of spent more time around, 525 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,559 I learn more things 526 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,759 so it's nice to be able to build up that knowledge. 527 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,399 That's a bit better. 528 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,079 And obviously I've got probably the best teacher I could find. 529 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,959 Look happy, you're doing the best job on Earth! 530 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,759 We're gonna call it a day. 531 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,319 We've had enough. 532 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,239 So what we're doing here 533 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,519 is trying to navigate a very narrow passage. 534 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,159 We've got the boundary just there 535 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,799 and our old workings on just the other side. 536 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,319 The fear is hitting that old drive that was full of water 537 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,999 'cause it is extremely dangerous. 538 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,639 At Robbie's, the Bushmen are digging a narrow corridor 539 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,359 between their old condemned mine and their neighbour's claim. 540 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,959 We can't cross the boundary, Les. LES WALSH: I know. 541 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,719 'Cause he was on money over there. 542 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,959 If we cross the boundary, 543 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,399 he's gonna think we're chasing money. 544 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,559 Yeah. 545 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,719 We're under a lot of pressure to find opal here 546 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:05,879 and I think we're gonna. 547 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,839 You know, we've been getting little bits of trace. 548 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,559 And I think a big pocket's just, just in front of us. 549 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,679 Good size, at least. 550 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,079 Reality is, is that you have to take out a lot more dirt 551 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,279 to find opal. 552 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,239 We've had to move back and take down the roof. 553 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,919 It's cost us a lot of time. 554 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,559 It's also brought down very big hard pieces 555 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,759 that have to go up the blower pipes. 556 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,359 This blower pipe - it's very, very powerful. 557 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,559 It's sucking rocks like that, 558 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,239 nearly 70 foot straight up in the air. 559 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,479 It's just waste dirt - 560 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,679 goes up to the hopper then falls into the truck. 561 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,039 We take it off to the dump. 562 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,759 We're blocked up here somewhere. 563 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,559 Right up the top, I think, Les. 564 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,479 . Jesus Christ! 565 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,359 Oh, the pipe's got a blockage in it somewhere 566 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,199 and I've got to try and free it. 567 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,239 It's the last thing we bloody need, Sam. 568 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,599 It can be right up into the hopper. 569 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,399 You have to climb up into the hopper. 570 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,679 Sometimes you've got to pull the pipes out 571 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,479 and can be a two-hour job. 572 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,359 If the blower's not working, we're not working. 573 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,079 We can't get the dirt out of the mine 574 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,399 unless we've got a blower going. 575 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,679 Come on, old fella. Give it a good hittin'. 576 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,679 Yeah, it's starting to shift at least. 577 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,399 Oh, our problem. 578 00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,319 That's the problem right there, Sam. 579 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:00,439 That's a big problem. 580 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,639 Les! That's it! It's what? 581 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,759 It's unblocked! Righto! 582 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,319 Ah, I'll move her forward. 583 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,319 Come on! Show us the colour, Sam! 584 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:17,999 That's looking pretty good, running through there. 585 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,159 I think so. 586 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,599 All underground mining's dangerous - 587 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:25,919 there's no doubt about it. 588 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,639 We've had some issues with the roof already. 589 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,959 It's something you've really got to keep your eye on. 590 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,679 Oh, geez! 591 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:54,839 What is it! 592 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,719 Well, that's just made the danger go through the bloody roof. 593 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:02,799 Yeah. 594 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,799 I don't want to but I gotta go and have a look. 595 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,599 No, no, no. You fellas stay back. This is seriously dangerous. 596 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,959 The darkroom belt just stopped. 597 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,559 And normally when the belt stops, like that, 598 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,679 it's normally a rock stuck under the roller. 599 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:19,799 That's all clean. 600 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,479 Sometimes it...you know, there's a little lip here 601 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,919 they can get under but that that looks fine to me. 602 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,959 We badly need Johnny to find opal. 603 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,519 We're stuffed without him, actually. 604 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,359 Because it's gonna take a while to get to the opal level 605 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,199 doing this cut that we're doing. 606 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,199 The opal's under where we're sitting. 607 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,879 So we've got a lot of earthmoving to do. 608 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,119 I mean, there's...you know, if it was stuck under here, 609 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,879 you'd see like a big bulge in the belt 610 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,639 where the rock's jammed under there so... 611 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,639 The only other place could be in here somewhere. 612 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,159 We've got one. Oh, there we go. 613 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,719 There she is, jammed in the frigging light box. 614 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:06,679 There we go. 615 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,039 There! Hopefully it's solved the problem. 616 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,119 Right now, as we speak, 617 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,399 we're putting about 500 bucks in here for today. 618 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,439 We're addicted to opal. Yeah. 619 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,319 Our habit is 500 bucks a day. 620 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,399 Every time you see that puff of smoke, 621 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,559 there's 10 dollar. 20 dollar bills going p-too! 622 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,759 I've got to push the dirt off the cliff. 623 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,319 I've got to drive right up to the cliff 624 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,479 and basically whack the blade of the bulldozer off the edge 625 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,599 of the cliff, 626 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,639 so the dirt rolls down the bloody hill. 627 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,039 I don't like the cliff at all. 628 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:47,879 So, come up a bit. 629 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,359 Getting to the edge and just looking over going oh-oh-oh. 630 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,199 Ooh. It's hard getting near that edge, man. 631 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,319 Man, that edge breaks - you'll lose your life. 632 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,039 Soon as you see it start falling... 633 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,159 Get outta there. Back up, next. 634 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:05,959 Back off. Righto. 635 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,239 Ah, get back into it. Right, I'm into it. 636 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,399 There's not much safety, no seatbelt. 637 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,199 If that tips over and lands on ya, 638 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,799 instant, you're gone. 639 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,639 Lucky to be here, I think, from what happened last year. 640 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,639 So I feel like there's an accident about to happen 641 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,759 at any minute. 642 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,639 Not gonna be so lucky next time. 643 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,439 No opal, no money, no life. 644 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,559 This is what we've got to do to survive. 645 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,199 I'm a big, big boy! 646 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,399 That was the hardest thing I've ever done on a dozer. 647 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:54,999 I feel like I'm back. 648 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,319 Finally, yes! 649 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,759 What have you got in that bucket? I dunno. 650 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,239 Let's have a look. 651 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,879 I can't really see at the moment. I'm blinded by the light. 652 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,279 Ooh. 653 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,599 That's a chunk, man! Look at that for a chunk! 654 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,759 That was alright. 655 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,239 Lucky John found some opal in Opalzilla and... 656 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,439 Look at that - make a sandwich out of that, man. 657 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,239 Yeah. There's a fair bit of material here, man. 658 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,639 Done a good job, John. 659 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,839 That's beautiful chunks of Coober Pedy. 660 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,479 It was a bit up and down day 661 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,119 but that's definitely made it better. 662 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,559 Frigging good day! You beauty! Yes! Yes! Ha-ha! 663 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,079 Oh, no! 664 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,599 SAM MEHAN: That doesn't sound good. 665 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,319 That's that real dangerous part of the roof and everything. 666 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:46,839 We've got to get out of here. 667 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,759 I'm gonna pull the digger back out of the way. 668 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:49,919 Everybody stay back! 669 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,119 Far enough! 670 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,879 I want to get the digger well out of the way 671 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,119 if this roof comes down. 672 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,679 Can you keep pulling these leads for me, someone? 673 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,679 That's about as dangerous as it gets. 674 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,599 We've had a look and we've actually broken through 675 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:14,799 to our old workings. 676 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,559 We shouldn't have been nowhere near that. 677 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,319 We can't go to the side 678 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,559 because that drive runs right across this side. 679 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,639 We can't go this way 'cause it goes off the claim. 680 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,319 And we're . Yeah. It's not good. 681 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,239 You know, the chances of that coming down now 682 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,639 are extremely high. 683 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,159 All that opal that I think's up there 684 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,159 can bloody well stay there 'cause I ain't gonna die for it. 685 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,479 You could have, you know, 686 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,199 50 tonne of bloody dirt come down on top of ya. 687 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,879 Well, you're not gonna dig your way out of that in a hurry. 688 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,759 We've been working so hard this week, 689 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,559 we've dug an awful long way. 690 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,159 We just keep putting pipes on and keep moving forward. 691 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,159 We've been finding tiny little bit of trace. 692 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,959 Really I don't think there is that much money there. 693 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,719 We might have a little bit but it's nothing substantial. 694 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,319 Yeah. Maybe Les has got a little bit in the tumbler, 695 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:14,919 up on the back of his ute. 696 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,719 But I don't hold out a lot of hope for it. 697 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,799 This is the little tumbler. 698 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,999 This material come from underground here. 699 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,359 We tumble all the stuff in here to clean it up 700 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,799 and get the dirt off it as much as we can. 701 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:30,999 No sign of colour in there 702 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,959 but you never know, when I wash the dirt off, 703 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,519 there might be a little bit. 704 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,359 Maybe there's enough money in that 705 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,319 to keep us going for a week or ten days, 706 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,719 until we can get into another hole maybe. 707 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,679 It doesn't look too good at the moment, anyway. 708 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,559 This is just a hoping game. 709 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,639 Hope we do find a bit of colour. 710 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,839 Bloody hell. 711 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,959 Don't think there's anything underneath it, mate. 712 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,679 Can I have a quick look? Yeah, hold on. 713 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:11,999 I'll just move this piece. 714 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,319 I can see a flash in the wall - where that nine-inch hole is. 715 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,239 Yep. Right where you're pointing, 716 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,839 just come to your left about a hundred mil. 717 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,479 It's black potch. Black potch? 718 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,399 Yeah. And blue green. Really! 719 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,879 Yeah. Yee-ha! 720 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,679 And a bit of red. Whereabouts? 721 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,199 Just in there. 722 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,399 Have you looked in this stuff here, bro? 723 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,799 No, I haven't at all. I was just looking at the wall. 724 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,079 Look, look, look, look, look! 725 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,439 Oh, nice! 726 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,999 Bloody oath. 727 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,719 That's gem right there. 728 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,399 On black, thick as. 729 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,039 That's what we're after, mate. 730 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,359 Knew today was gonna be a good day. 731 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,599 Look, I think there might be more in here, mate. 732 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:01,799 I don't doubt it. 733 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,399 Look, more in there. Oh, oh. Yes! 734 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,639 Nice blues. 735 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,519 It's electric. Yeah. 736 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,679 How yous going? Got something to show ya. 737 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,239 Is it bright? Yeah. 738 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,079 We literally just rolled the rock over. 739 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,719 In that real hard stuff, hey? 740 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,439 Awe! Nice electric blue. 741 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,559 Geez! Beautiful blue green. 742 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,839 Yeah. Other bits, bits as well. Just been picking up. 743 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,879 Ah. Here, Rory. Look, look, look, look. 744 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,079 More? Yeah. 745 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,039 We timed that well, Luca. LUCA: Yeah, I know. 746 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,319 That's a stone in there. Aw. 747 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,959 Look at the colour in there. 748 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,519 Geez that... See that green in there? 749 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,319 Red. Red too. Yeah. 750 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,079 Nice work, boys. 751 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,479 Probably just fill the truck up 752 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,319 and get you guys to take it straight up. 753 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,079 Yeah, we can do that. Yeah. Alright. 754 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:04,639 We've got rain coming 755 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,719 so we kind of want to get this up to the agitator and that. 756 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,799 If we get rain, 757 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,279 we're not gonna be able to get the truck up on there. 758 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,199 It's important we get this out of here. 759 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,079 Why have we got no four-wheel drive. 760 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,639 Should be lights on the dash indicating four-wheel drive. 761 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,479 Hey, Rod! 762 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,879 Aw, we might have something here. 763 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,479 This that stuff you've been tumbling? 764 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,719 Yeah. 765 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,039 Oh! That doesn't look too bad. 766 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,039 You bloody beauty! 767 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,359 Oh, here's another little piece 768 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,439 with a little bit of colour in it. 769 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,639 There's another piece. 770 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:06,399 Look at the green on top of that. 771 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,679 The Bushmen have 65 grams of seam opal. 772 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,879 It's tumbled and features vibrant colours of blue and green. 773 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,719 Oh-ho. Well done, Les! Yeah, nice one! 774 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,639 Yeah. Hey, I wasn't expecting that. 775 00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:22,239 I didn't think there was anything in that. 776 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:23,639 What do you reckon that's worth, Rod? 777 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,639 That's not a bad bar in that one there. 778 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,879 Those two little bright ones, maybe three grand. 779 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,559 The mine hasn't been doing too good to us. 780 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,199 Feel a little bit more enthusiastic. 781 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:39,799 It's been a pretty sad week 782 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,439 and seeing that just keeps me positive. 783 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,719 It gives us enough money to keep on going 784 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,479 to try and find the rest of it. 785 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,439 Should be worth a bit of a celebration, 786 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:51,559 anyway, shouldn't it? 787 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,599 What, were you expecting us to find something? 788 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,079 Thanks. 789 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,639 Cheers, everyone! Cheers. 790 00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:58,559 Cheers. Better than nothing. 791 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,559 It's come time to start washing it all. 792 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,039 Bring the beauty out. 793 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,079 It's all rock, all coated... 794 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,839 ..but, once we've done the last couple of days, 795 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,719 we've been tumbling some beautiful stuff. 796 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,839 So it looks like at the moment 797 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,039 but you got to tumble it. 798 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,359 This is a tumbler. 799 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,199 It's really just a cement mixer that we took the bars out of. 800 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,519 Cleans it beautiful. 801 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,999 Washes the dirt off so we can get a parcel to the buyer, clean, 802 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,359 so they can see what they're getting. 803 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,639 Whereas, you look at it now, it's just coated in dirt. 804 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:36,919 Who knows what's in there? 805 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,159 What have we got, John, from you? Let's have a look! 806 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:43,879 We have voila! Your meal is ready. 807 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,119 Oh! Well done, John. 808 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,239 You've done awesome, mate. 809 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,439 Yous have been using plenty of diesel so... 810 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:51,799 Someone had to spend the diesel 811 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,359 and actually find some opal with it, 812 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,039 whereas we've been just spending it and finding nothing. 813 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,199 Proud of you, John. 814 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,159 Well done, mate. You've done awesome. 815 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,199 The Blacklighters have white and crystal opal 816 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,319 displaying vivid colours of red, blue and green. 817 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:10,759 The parcel is in the rough, weighing 570 grams. 818 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,359 What do you think we've got there, Rach? 819 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,759 You've been seeing what we've been getting for stuff, 820 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,479 on the auctions and all that. 821 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:18,759 What do we rate it? 822 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,319 So after having a bit of a good look at it... 823 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,359 ..it might be a bit of a low ball 824 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,479 but I think, you know, we're up around 24 grand for the week. 825 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,919 That's a good week. Oh, yeah! 826 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,319 That's a good week, man! You beauty! 827 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,559 That's a good week, yes! Hey! 828 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:36,719 I have to sit down. 829 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,839 That was a big week. You've been good, mate. 830 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,639 We've moved a shit load of dirt. 831 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:42,879 We've found 24 grand! 832 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,519 So if John can spend the season doing that, 833 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,719 while we get this cut down and try and find a big pocket, 834 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,479 I can't see anything wrong with this year already. 835 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,359 What a start to the season! 836 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,879 You've got back on the horse 837 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,639 and actually almost looked like a dozer driver. 838 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,279 Mark's accident took the edge off the year a little bit. 839 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,879 But, as a group, we've sort of come together a bit more 840 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,199 and don't take things for granted as much, I think. 841 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,679 We're not bulletproof out here. 842 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,359 So we're family. 843 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,559 We pull together when we need to. 844 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:10,999 We're back, mate. We're back! 845 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,079 You beauty! We are back! 846 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:21,959 Open that glove box, 847 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,439 there's a fuse box in there. 848 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:27,999 Fuse is right. 849 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:29,999 Ah. We got it, then. 850 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,559 It might have just been the fuse there. 851 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,119 See now you've got these green lights in? 852 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,319 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 853 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:37,919 There she goes! 854 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,839 Yeah. So, Rory and I, we got onto some nice colour. 855 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,839 We've got to wash it. see if we missed anything. 856 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,519 Yeah, crossed fingers we have nice gems. 857 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,399 How yous going? Good, mate. How you going? 858 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,759 Good. Ready to tail out, are we? Ready to rock 'n roll. 859 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,159 Tail out day's my favourite day. 860 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:12,279 We work really hard to get those loads into the agis. 861 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,719 You kind of always have that thought in the back of your head, 862 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,639 like, this could be the day that millions of dollars 863 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:17,759 roll out on the table. 864 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,799 Aw. What? 865 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,519 Oh, no way! 866 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,079 Look at it. Aw! 867 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,879 Holy crap. Nice colour. 868 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,879 Bit more of that in there, we'll be right, hey. 869 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,319 Well done. Well done, mate. 870 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,279 Ooh. Whoa! Whoa. 871 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:53,759 Another one? Hold onto your horses. 872 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,599 Oh! That's unreal. 873 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,719 Still got the eyes of a hawk, mate. Hey? 874 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,639 Really good start, guys, for a first table. 875 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:02,759 It's unreal. Oh! 876 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,959 You got one? Ah, Luca! 877 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,519 Nice one. Well done, Lucs. Far out. Nice, sis. 878 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,599 Ah, look at this. Another one? 879 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,159 How'd you miss that, Mark? 880 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,759 Oh, I've got another one to show ya. 881 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,839 Have ya? What, you just get one then too? 882 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,119 Ooh. 883 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,759 Oh, it's red there. Yeah, red bar underneath. 884 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,839 Oh, yeah. You got red. I only got green orange. 885 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:24,799 This is the last of it. 886 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,359 Right. Well, let's see what we got, hey? 887 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,479 Yeah. Yep. 888 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,119 Big chunks in there. Ooh, yeah. 889 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,799 It gets better. Why? 890 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,839 You've been holding out on us? 891 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,999 I went down to the trench this morning. 892 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,639 Look what I stumbled upon. 893 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,759 Ooh. 894 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,679 Holy crap. 895 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,079 Not bad, hey. 896 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,879 How's that for a cherry on top. 897 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,919 The Cheals have black and crystal opal, 898 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,519 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 899 00:42:55,600 --> 00:43:01,439 Large stones in the rough, they weigh 2.1 kilograms. 900 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:02,679 So what are yous thinking? 901 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,159 Oh, you'd have to think 902 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,479 there's a few hundred thousand dollars there, 903 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:07,679 for sure. 904 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,479 There's got to be 225 grand there. 905 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,159 $225,000, guys. Yeah, boy! 906 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:17,559 Yeah, mate. 907 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:18,679 It'll cut that easy. Oh! 908 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,279 How good's that? How good's that. 909 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:21,759 Well done, guys. 910 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,439 Well done. That's what we need. 911 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,679 That's unreal. 912 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,159 Feeling pretty pumped after that tail out. 913 00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:27,399 It was unreal. 914 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,639 We're at about half our season target. 915 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,159 It doesn't get any better than that. 916 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,479 Oh, that's phenomenal. 917 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,359 The barrel never lies. No. 918 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,919 I'm extremely proud of my kids 919 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,239 and we've got a business together. 920 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:41,639 It's just a dream come true. 921 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,279 Cheers, guys. That's awesome. Cheers. 922 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,399 Just an amazing effort. 923 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,199 Bring it on the rest of the year. 924 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,759 Woo-hoo-hoo! Like this one. Hey? 925 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,039 Captioned by AI-Media ai-media.tv 925 00:43:57,305 --> 00:44:57,768 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org